Heidi Smith – Explore on an international homestay

Chinet.org, cultural homestays, the gathering roadHeidi Smith is a Program Manager at Cultural Homestay International overseeing\ various exchange programs that send Americans overseas. Heidi studied abroad extensively in college and basically didn’t come home for nearly a decade. An expert budget traveler, she spent six years of her life figuring out how to survive in the most expensive city in the world – Oslo, Norway. In the meantime, she wrote her Master’s thesis on backpacking culture and has visited 30 countries. In her free time, she is a freelance journalist/blogger.

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About Elaine Masters

The Gathering Road podcast - Stories courage, passion and uncommon adventure. Hosted by dedicated traveler, Elaine J. Masters, Indie Excellence award-winning author and international scuba diver. The Indie Excellence Best Audio award winning author of Drivetime Yoga and Flytime Yoga is also a freelance travel writer and founder of the Tripwellness.com blog

When she's not on the road, Elaine is the co-organizer of the Travel Massive San Diego,  bringing together travel writers and industry professionals, a part of the global network of those working in the travel industry.

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